The 8th Fallacy Is Sherman's Burden Of Proof
The 8th fallacy is Sherman’s “Burden of proof” which initializes the idea that we do not have to tell people or show evidence that an event occurred. In several circumstances it is hard to tell someone something exist or happened when there is lack of evidence that supports that claim. Without proof people will not believe you completely since most individuals stand with science to back up your story.
The first thing that came to mind would be psychic readings. There is a lot of skepticism whenever someone mentions this topic. In fact, there is an article where an individual who claimed was a psychic for several years, later on he admits that it was all a complete fraud and scheme to make easy money off of people who are completely gullible. …show more content…
This is a tale of a young women who was accused of being a witch. The legend begins with a brief explanation on how the women is normal, and simply sells herbs in her land. When young children start to go missing she is then accused of murdering them all. The town people then take it upon themselves to burn her at the stake since they believed she was a witch, and was the reason behind the children’s disappearance. Legend says that she would have revenge on all the people who would speak her name in front of a mirror. According to Schlooser (2009), “If anyone mentioned her name aloud before a mirror, she would send her spirit to revenge herself upon them for her terrible death.” This fallacy is created when the author wants to instill fear amongst individuals. According to Schlooser (2009), “From that day to this, anyone foolish enough to chant Bloody Mary's name three times before a darkened mirror will summon the vengeful spirit of the witch”. Now this phrase we can see the illustration of how the author uses the fear of death to not get individuals to actually take a part in this act in the future. Furthermore, this statement makes it a good piece for an induvial to quickly grasp to this idea of Bloody Mary’s existence, and spread the story that could be completely fabricated to someone
The first thing that came to mind would be psychic readings. There is a lot of skepticism whenever someone mentions this topic. In fact, there is an article where an individual who claimed was a psychic for several years, later on he admits that it was all a complete fraud and scheme to make easy money off of people who are completely gullible. …show more content…
This is a tale of a young women who was accused of being a witch. The legend begins with a brief explanation on how the women is normal, and simply sells herbs in her land. When young children start to go missing she is then accused of murdering them all. The town people then take it upon themselves to burn her at the stake since they believed she was a witch, and was the reason behind the children’s disappearance. Legend says that she would have revenge on all the people who would speak her name in front of a mirror. According to Schlooser (2009), “If anyone mentioned her name aloud before a mirror, she would send her spirit to revenge herself upon them for her terrible death.” This fallacy is created when the author wants to instill fear amongst individuals. According to Schlooser (2009), “From that day to this, anyone foolish enough to chant Bloody Mary's name three times before a darkened mirror will summon the vengeful spirit of the witch”. Now this phrase we can see the illustration of how the author uses the fear of death to not get individuals to actually take a part in this act in the future. Furthermore, this statement makes it a good piece for an induvial to quickly grasp to this idea of Bloody Mary’s existence, and spread the story that could be completely fabricated to someone